Leading Builders of America

What Leading Builders of America does

Leading Builders of America (LBA) is a CEO-led trade association formed in 2009 and headquartered in Washington DC (1455 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 400). Its 21-22 member companies are among the largest U.S. production homebuilders, including D.R. Horton, Lennar, PulteGroup, KB Home, Toll Brothers, Taylor Morrison, Meritage Homes, and Clayton Homes. Collectively, these members build over 50% of all new homes sold in the United States—approximately 350,000 homes annually—generating over $160 billion in aggregate revenue and supporting more than one million jobs. LBA's stated purpose is to preserve home affordability for American families by engaging federal and state policymakers on housing supply, building codes, impact fees, energy codes, and mortgage programs.

LBA delivers policy advocacy, government relations, coalition building, and policy research as its core offerings, not technology products. It funds operations through recurring annual membership dues paid by its member companies. Its go-to-market is sales-led/CEO-led: recruitment and retention of large enterprise homebuilders via invitation-based membership, with engagement concentrated in direct Congressional, agency, and state-level advocacy, supplemented by partnerships with the EPA ENERGY STAR Program, DOE Zero Energy Ready Home Program, the Fix House First Coalition, the Homes for America Alliance, and the Building Talent Foundation. The organization operates with a small professional staff in Washington, with most substantive work conducted via collaboration between LBA staff and subject-matter experts supplied by member companies.

Name

Leading Builders of America

Legal name

Leading Builders of America

Website

https://leadingbuildersofamerica.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Leading Builders of America is a CEO-led Washington DC trade association formed in 2009, representing 21-22 of the largest U.S. production homebuilders—companies that collectively build over 50% of new American homes—and advocating for federal and state policies that preserve home affordability.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Trade Association / Industry Advocacy Services

NAICS

New Housing For-Sale Builders (236117), Residential Building Construction (23611)

SIC

Operative Builders (1531), General Bldg Contractors - Residential Bldgs (1520)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYIMAFABAD

Spec Home / Production Homebuilding (Tract & Volume Builders)

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Construction & Civil Engineering/Residential Building Construction

SECONDARYIMAFABAI

Residential Affordable Housing Development & Construction

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Construction & Civil Engineering/Residential Building Construction

Keywords

• Trade association advocacy
• Housing policy advocacy
• Government relations services
• Industry coalition building
• Homebuilder membership

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Member Dues: Leading Builders of America operates as a trade association funded by annual membership dues from its member home building companies. The dues structure supports federal and state government relations, policy research, and advocacy activities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Leading Builders of America is a CEO-led trade association that provides federal and state government relations, policy advocacy, and coalition-building services to its 21-22 member homebuilding companies. Its activities focus on preserving home affordability by engaging with regulators, legislators, and partner coalitions on housing supply, building codes, mortgage policy, and energy efficiency programs. The organization is funded through annual membership dues from its enterprise homebuilder members.

Product overview

Leading Builders of America is a CEO-led trade association formed in 2009, not a product company. It provides policy advocacy and government relations services for its 22 member homebuilding companies. The association operates through three core programs: ENERGY STAR Program participation through the EPA, and Zero Energy Ready Home Program participation through the DOE. Member companies span the residential spectrum from first-time and move-up to luxury and active-adult housing, collectively building over 50% of all new homes in America.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Trade Association Membership and Advocacy Services Annual membership in Leading Builders of America, providing the member homebuilding company with federal and state government relations, policy advocacy, coalition leadership, and policy research services focused on preserving home affordability.

Quantifiable outcome

• LBA members build nearly 350,000 new homes annually
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers22 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• EPA ENERGY STAR ProgramcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLBA member companies actively participate in the EPA's ENERGY STAR Program, playing a critical role in developing and deploying new construction techniques, materials and products for energy efficiency.
• DOE Zero Energy Ready Home ProgramcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLBA member companies participate in the DOE's Zero Energy Ready Home program, contributing to decarbonization, energy and water efficiency initiatives in residential construction.
• Fix House First CoalitionflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerKen Gear, LBA CEO, helped lead successful lobbying campaigns for the Fix House First Coalition, a housing affordability advocacy coalition.
• Homes for America AllianceflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerKen Gear, LBA CEO, helped lead successful lobbying campaigns for the Homes for America Alliance, an advocacy coalition for housing affordability.
• Building Talent FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLBA supports the Building Talent Foundation, which focuses on workforce development in the construction trades.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Bipartisan Policy Center: A Washington-based think tank producing housing-supply and zoning reform research. BPC is not a trade association but a frequent policy counterpart whose research directly informs the federal housing agenda LBA seeks to shape.
• Habitat for Humanity: Nonprofit housing organization focused on affordable homeownership. Habitat operates in a different sector (nonprofit construction) but engages on shared affordability and supply-side policy issues where LBA also advocates.
• National Housing Conference: Nonpartisan housing policy organization focused on affordable housing solutions. NHC is a think-tank-style peer that engages on many of the same affordability, supply, and finance issues central to LBA's advocacy.
• Mortgage Bankers Association: National trade association representing the real estate finance industry. MBA is adjacent to LBA through shared interest in mortgage credit access, GSE policy, and federal housing finance — a frequent coalition partner for production builders.
• American Planning Association: National organization representing urban planners and planning officials. APA engages on land use and zoning rules — the same regulatory domain where LBA's advocacy frequently clashes or aligns with municipal planning interests.

Broad incumbents

• Urban Land Institute: A global research and education organization focused on land use and real estate development. ULI operates more broadly across all real estate classes and includes developers, planners, and policymakers, but shares LBA's interest in zoning, land supply, and housing affordability policy.
• National Association of Realtors: Largest U.S. trade association for residential real estate, representing over 1.5 million members. NAR's housing-policy work overlaps with LBA's mission, particularly on supply-side constraints, though NAR speaks for real estate agents rather than builders.

Direct peers

• National Association of Home Builders: The largest U.S. trade association representing the residential construction industry. NAHB is the most direct peer to LBA — both advocate on behalf of homebuilders in Washington, though NAHB serves a broader membership of builders, remodelers, and associates rather than just top production builders.
• National Multifamily Housing Council: Trade association representing the apartment and multifamily housing industry. NMHC mirrors LBA's advocacy model — Washington-based, dues-funded, CEO-led — but focuses on rental/multifamily rather than for-sale production housing, making it a structural parallel in the housing-policy ecosystem.

Regional players

• Dallas Builders Association: Regional homebuilder association serving the Dallas-Fort Worth market. LBA VP Phil Crone previously led this organization, illustrating the relationship between LBA's federal/state advocacy and local builder association activity on building codes and impact fees.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/LB_of_A
• Facebookfacebook.com/LeadingBuildersAmerica

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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